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Rugby World Cup memories

Rugby World Cup memories

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David Davies, photographer

As a press photographer David Davies has been recording the most dramatic and poignant sporting moments for a quarter of a century. He has covered the Olympic Games, Ryder Cups and the Commonwealth Games. This Rugby World Cup will be his sixth. Here he explains how he captured some of the sport’s most treasured memories...

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Australia v England (Sydney, 22 Nov 2003)

I have never been so happy to see a frame on the back of my camera. You could see it coming. It was close to the final whistle in extra time in the 2003 World Cup final, the drop goal was on and all eyes were on Jonny Wilkinson.
I was praying no one would get in between him and the camera to spoil the shot. I found a nice angle and even got Ben Cohen in the background which helps everyone to recognise the image. I’ve taken better pictures but it’s one of the most talked about moments in sporting history. England were world champions.

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New Zealand v France (Auckland, 24 Sept 2011)

There have been lots of pictures of the New Zealand haka, but this one was a bit special with New Zealand back home in 2011 and under intense pressure to deliver the World Cup. It was also the occasion of Richie McCaw’s 100th cap and to have the All Blacks captain so prominent in the front and centre gives the picture its hook. There are a lot of emotive faces. To see a haka in New Zealand ticks the box for a rugby fan.

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Australia v Ireland (Melbourne, 1 Nov 2003)

This is one of my all-time favourite try pictures . Two Australians are flying to stop him but Irelan’s Brian O’Driscoll dives in at the corner with a brilliant one-handed touchdown in the 2003 World Cup, again right in front of me. Ireland lost that final pool match but my picture was used on the front page of the Sunday Times sports section. “Can I take this corner home with me?” I remember saying.

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Australia v England (Sydney, 22 Nov 2003)

I was a lucky man with this shot. Jason Robinson almost slid down my throat as he skidded over to score England’s try in the 2003 World Cup final. Sometimes you are just in the right place at the right time. It is a much better picture than Wilkinson’s drop goal and it took the pressure off because I knew whatever happened next in that game I had something good to file to the office. I have a copy signed by Robinson ‘To David, God bless’ and it hangs on my office wall to this day.

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Australia v France (Cardiff, 6 Nov 1999)

It is all about timing and this shot shows Australian captain John Eales receiving the World Cup from the Queen in 1999 at the Millennium Stadium after Australia’s 35-12 victory against France. The triumph coincided with a referendum Down Under on whether to keep the British
monarch as head of state. Eales was a committed republican. In the end, however, the Queen gave him the cup and Australia gave her the thumbs up.

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Wales v Namibia (New Plymouth, 26 Sep 2011)

I have included this shot because it conveys the atmosphere in New Plymouth in 2011 on the weekend the clocks went back. It shows a line-out in the first half of Wales’ 81-7 group victory against Namibia. As a rugby match it was nothing to write home about but a snow-peaked Mount Taranaki, which was the backdrop for the movie The Last Samurai because it resembles Mount Fuji, gives it that ‘wish you were here’ feeling.

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South Africa v Wales (Wellington, 11 Sep 2011)

You could call this a creative portrait but it all came about by
chance. I was studying the Welsh flag in windy Wellington in 2011 looking for something a bit colourful when suddenly Wales flanker Sam Warburton’s face came into shot at the bottom of the frame as he lined
up for the national anthems. It is a quirky picture but shows the different skills you need as a
photographer during a long tournament. Finding interest in something essentially mundane.